Aligning Inner Faith with Outward Testimony

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In other words my aim was zero hypocrisy. I remember years ago visiting a car factory in India, and I saw a board which the manager had put up there on the wall saying, we aim for zero defect. And I've never forgotten that. I saw that more than 50 years ago and I said, Lord, I want to aim for zero defect in my life, in my speech, in my thoughts, in my attitudes to people, in the genuineness of my love, in genuine Christ-like humility, in my attitude to money, in my attitude to women, every area I want to aim for zero defect. [00:03:47]

The Christian life is a race, and it's a long way before I can reach the goal, but it's a race that we are to run and the finishing line, the starting line of the race is being genuinely born again. The finishing line of the race is when Christ comes again and we will be like Him completely. So it says here now we are children of God, that's where we begin but it has not yet appeared where we will be, that's what the finishing line of the race. [00:07:14]

Walking is a conscious act. Normal people don't walk in their sleep. It's a conscious act. You take one step and the next step and the next step. So when it says about walking as He walked, it's referring to the conscious part of our life, the area of our life which we know whether we are right or wrong. Do you know that there's a huge area of our lives where we don't know whether we are doing what is right? [00:14:20]

One of the rules the Apostle Paul had, turn with me to Acts of the Apostles in chapter 24 and verse 16. Acts 24:16 Paul tells us one of the rules he had in his life. Paul was a very disciplined man and he says one of the rules he had in his life, Acts 24:16 is he at all times, the word always means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Paul maintained his conscience absolutely clear before God and before men like the two arms of the cross, before God and before men. [00:18:44]

If we judge ourselves rightly and that word rightly is very important, we will not be judged. What does that mean? You know in the final day, we're all going to stand before the Lord and be judged, including believers. There are two judgment seats, one is called the great white throne judgment seat of Almighty God you read in Revelation 20, where only unbelievers stand, but then there is another judgment seat which is called the judgment seat of Christ. [00:27:11]

I want to live before my Lord to say, what do you think about me? I remember once saying, Lord, Lord Jesus, can you say about me, this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased? Oh God, if you can say that about me, I'd give anything. That's all I want. I don't want money, I don't want comfort, I don't want honor, that's all trash. I want to hear those words from you not only when you come back, I want to hear your spirit saying that to me while I'm alive right now. [00:39:43]

The root of all sin, when he was tempted like us, he was tempted to do his own will, that's what it means and he never did it. So even a simple thing like I can use the power God has given me to turn these stones to meet my own need, I will not do it. If the Father tells me to use my power for something I'll do it, for example, when there were 5,000 people who were hungry needed bread, oh then Jesus used his power to produce bread from nothing almost from five loaves became 25,000 loaves or more. [00:48:03]

Our calling is to go down. This has been the challenge for me in my own life. There, you know, a lot of people respected Jesus and I know that a lot of people around the world who respect me very highly, and the Lord told me what did Jesus do with that? He constantly went down. His whole life was going down, down all the way from heaven. He came down, down, down, down and the last day of his life on earth, he was found at the feet of his disciples. [00:49:33]

Present your body, not your money, no that's Old Testament ten percent. All the preacher who free, all the people who preach 10 are Old Covenant priests. I'm not an Old Covenant priest. I have never in my life preached or practiced giving 10 to God. I believe in giving much more than that because your New Covenant is much better than the Old Government, but more than money do you know what God wants? [00:58:02]

Real worship doesn't need instruments or songs. It is offering your body, that is your spiritual worship and Jesus said you must worship in the spirit. This is what worship in the spirit means, to present our body and then verse two to allow our mind, body and mind two things, a mind to be changed, to be conformed to the way God thinks. That's the meaning there, renewing your mind as you read God's word and submit to God's word, your mind begins to think like God thinks. [00:58:02]

I want to do your will. I haven't understood it all but help me in my daily life to progress in Christ likeness I pray in Jesus name amen. So before I close I want to introduce my better half, Annie is my wife and uh she's the heart that pumps the blood while I speak, that means she prays for me and she wanted to just say hello to all of you, she's not going to give a sermon, she just wanted to say hello to all of you. [01:00:17]

We as moms and wives can support our husbands to build how uh build our houses like our homes like the wise man built his house on the rock. We as we can become wise women and support our husbands to build our homes so that our children can grow up in a godly way and they can see our lives that we are living to please Jesus, not grumbling or complaining about our circumstances and trying to live within our means and not to expect more than what we can afford. [01:01:00]

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